Saint-Gobain gives to Red Cross

Sunday

Dec 30, 2012 at 12:01 AM

WORCESTER — Employees of Saint-Gobain recently donated $21,673 to the American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts, to support the Adopt-A-Day of Disaster Program.

The program provides families with basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and medical items to assist them during the recovery from a home disaster resulting from fires, flooding, blizzards and, more recently, tornadoes, hurricanes and tropical storms.

WORCESTER — Dunkin' Donuts franchisee Rob Branca and his partners from Batista Management Corp. contributed more than $13,500 to the Feed Worcester County Food Drive, through monetary and product donations. Additionally, Mr. Branca and his partners donated four Putnam Club tickets to the Dec. 30 New England Patriots game to the food drive's auction.

To date, the drive has raised more than $57,000 for the Worcester County Food Bank, breaking last year's record.

LEOMINSTER — Fidelity Bank has donated $1,000 each to six community organizations in Central Massachusetts. This is the third year in a row that the bank is making the donations on behalf of its employees.

Receiving the donations were: the Leominster Police Association's holiday campaign, from the bank's Leominster branch; the Cleghorn Neighborhood Center, from the Fitchburg branch; the Gardner Community Action Committee, from the Gardner branch; Gift Baskets to Troops, from the Shirley branch; Friendly House, from the Worcester branch; and the Millbury Firefighters Ladies Auxiliary, from the Millbury branch.

NORTHBRIDGE — UniBank has announced it has contributed $20,000 to the Worcester Community Action Council's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and $5,000 to Veterans Inc. of Worcester.

Veterans Inc. assists in helping veterans out of homelessness, getting job training and stabilizing their lives and the lives of their families by providing them with the necessary resources. UniBank's donation will help fund these services.

UniBank, with assets of $1.3 billion as of Sept. 30, is a full-service, mutually owned community bank with branches in the Blackstone Valley, Milford and Worcester.

MARLBORO — Sepaton Inc. of Marlboro, as part of the Hope for the Holidays program, helped 17 needy families in the Marlboro area.

Families previously identified as having extremely limited resources while struggling to meet their most basic needs of food and clothing are this year's recipients of Sepaton's financial and gift contributions to United Way's Hope for the Holidays program.

Instead of children receiving one gift from their wish lists, Sepaton employees made it possible for every child the company “adopted” to receive two gifts, according to a company press release.

BOYLSTON — Premiere Self Storage on Shrewsbury Street helped deliver 48 pallets worth of donated items in three trips in November and December to areas of New York and New Jersey devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The company also raised $1,500 and provided the storage space for goods until they could be delivered.

The pallets contained warm clothing, shoes, boots, water, food and dog food delivered to five locations in New Jersey and New York.

The Diplatos Citgo gas station at 270 Shrewsbury St. donated three full tanks of diesel fuel for the trips; Monster Movers donated trucks; Phillips Precision donated the pallet jack; and Murray Trucking and Moving Etc. donated time and a moving truck to pick up large donations. Ginnys Thrift Store/Food Bank made enormous donations as well.

WEBSTER — MAPFRE/Commerce Insurance, along with the Real Madrid Foundation, has co-sponsored the Soccer and Achievement Academy at Elm Park School in Worcester.

The academy is an after-school program offering soccer instruction from coaches trained by the Real Madrid Foundation, one of the premier professional soccer clubs in the world. Approximately 100 Elm Park School students, ranging in age from 8 to 13, participated in the first eight weeks of the academy. All participating students received their own Real Madrid Foundation uniforms.

The goal of the Soccer and Achievement Academy is to offer underprivileged youths an exciting opportunity to receive professional soccer training, mentoring and support. This program was made possible through a partnership involving the MAPFRE Foundation, the Real Madrid Foundation and the International Studies Foundation.

MAPFRE U.S.A. is the 18th largest provider of personal automobile insurance in the United States, and its subsidiary, The Commerce Insurance Co., is the largest auto and homeowners insurer in Massachusetts.

GFA is entering its 75th year of business and has had a branch in Winchendon since 1993. GFA is a full-service community financial institution serving Central Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Branch locations are in Ashburnham, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hubbardston, Rindge, Rutland and Winchendon.